Religious Democracy and the Liberal Principle of Legitimacy

Philosophy and Public Affairs 37 (2):135-68 (2009)
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I argue against Rawls's claim that the liberal principle of legitimacy would be selected in the original position in addition to a democratic principle. Since a religious democracy could satisfy the democratic principle, the parties in the original position would not exclude it as illegitimate.

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10.1111/j.1088-4963.2009.01153.x

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